Companies have long been obliged to report on the material risks they faced, but the concept of non-financial reporting - accounting for social, environmental and governance risks - has only really taken root over the last decade.

Non-financial reporting is intended to drive companies to measure, manage and account for all of its impacts, not just those that immediately affect the bottom line.

Thousands of companies now embrace sustainability reporting. In its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, for example, Coca-Cola listed water quality and quantity, the potential regulation of plastic bottles and the health problems associated with obesity as some of the material environmental and social risks it faces.

But amid all the frameworks, reporting standards metrics and indicators, are mainstream investors paying attention? And are companies taking non-financial reporting seriously or simply dashing off sustainability reports which lie largely unloved and unread?

A recent survey of European investors and analysts by ACCA found that 78% of investors did not believe that current levels of non-financial disclosure were adequate. While 92% thought that non-financial information needed to be better integrated with financial disclosures.

While serious efforts are underway across reporting bodies, companies, stock exchanges and international institutions to ramp up the effectiveness of and corporate compliance with non-financial reporting, there's clearly still some way to go. We have assembled a live panel of experts to discuss how non-financial reporting can be more embedded into the way companies think about, measure and disclose their material risks.

Join the experts for a live chat

Join us on Monday 2 December, between 12pm and 2pm (GMT), for a live chat with a panel of experts, who will take your questions on non-financial reporting. The themes we'll be exploring include:

• How to improve the effectiveness of non-financial reporting.• How can companies ensure that reports are engaging, have the right balance of information and are read by the relevant audiences?• How do businesses identify the issues that are material to them?• Do we have the right metrics and indicators to allow companies report fully on their sustainability risks and the underlying value of assets? If not how can these be developed?• Will non-financial reporting help scale up sustainable solutions?

How to join

The live chat will take place on this page in the comments section, kicking off at 12pm (GMT). You can submit any questions in advance using the form below, or tweet them to @GuardianSustBiz using #askGSB and we'll put them to the panel on the day.